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Tom Lane wrote:

> The real question here is whether Windows' stat() is telling the truth
> about how much filesystem space has actually been allocated to a file.
> It seems entirely possible that it's not; but if it is, then I think we
> have a problem.

Has this been examined by a Windows hacker?

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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